it’s a nice lamp, gives off illumination of lots facets of light, so it’s more of an accent and not good source for main lighting. It needs a chandelier “flame-type” frosted bulb, and low wattage, otherwise it is too bright coming through the space between the “crystals”if it is clear. I tried both. (It doesn’t have a larger opening for another sized bulb) It looks good on a shelf up high for lighting in a corner or darker space for brightness in my opinion.